Buddhist Iron Man From Space Found By Nazis

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/09/buddhist-iron-man-found-by-nazis-is-from-space.html

The statue called "the Iron Man" resides in Germany and is said to originate from somewhere in Tibet. The statue certainly holds a mysterious element; nobody quite knows the era or location this unusual figure came from. What it was made of, however, was recently confirmed to be extraterrestrial. It is a 24 inch tall depiction of the god Vaisravana and is made from an unusually hard material. A team tested a sample from the statue to see if it would match that of the Chinga meteorite that was strewn across Russia and Mongolia ten to twenty thousand years ago. The elements it was made of matched up, including iron, nickel, cobalt, and other trace elements. This would have made it an inconvenient material to carve, so the artist probably knew they were working with something special to go out of their way to finish it. The statue is assumed to have been brought to Germany by Nazi's in their return from an expedition to Tibet in 1939; their interest probably invoked by the Buddhist swastika carved into it. The Iron Man is the only known illustration of a human figure carved into a meteorite, and on of the largest discovered pieces of the Chinga meteorite.

Historic Surprise

Imagine walking downstairs from a wine cellar of the mid-20th century and coming out in a room made in the medieval times. Not only is it a strange transition of construction; this buried structure is a completely unique discovery made in Italy. The stare case continues to descend down multiple stories of a pyramid! No pyramids have been found in this area before, so this could be quite an addition to what we know about human culture. The way the the pyramid is built shows it was made by Etruscan people; the most sophisticated civilization in Italy until they were overtaken by Romans. Etruscan culture was very original and influenced other cultures in a lot of areas like art and religion. They still contribute to worldly practices like wine making, building roads, and writing. They don't get a lot of credit in common history. The discovery of these buried pyramids could shed new light to the significance and depth of this ancient civilization.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49088030/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UFqDH7JlTa4

A Prime Problem Possibly Solved

Across most of our population there is a basic understanding of math. It is used everywhere; every time you stare at the clock, or in your daily purchase at the gas station. From the statistics blared at you in advertisements, to life saving medical calculations, to the ever so precise aerodynamics of rocket science. However, open ended math problems still exist. These are the mysteries taunting mathematicians. The blanks that just can't seemed to bee filled in, regardless of the headache-inducing list of numerical functions already know among the world of math and science. A prime example of this (pun intended) is the connection between prime numbers. It is a hard concept for most people to grasp. Prime numbers have no multiples besides themselves and 1. There's a definite pattern to the numbers, but they haven't been proven to plug into an equation. That is, until last August when mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki completed his proof for the ABC conjecture, "a statement about the relationship between prime numbers that has been called the most important unsolved problem in number theory". The conjecture was created in 1985 by David Masser and Joseph Oesterle, but wasn't proven so hasn't been much use so far. If Mochizuki's 500 page proof holds out evaluation, the math concept could be put to use. Apparently this could be a huge step forward in all areas involving math, opening doors to solving problems far beyond simple prime numbers. The world of math holds infinite possibilities. For years, our culture has progressed because of our advancements in math. Technology has become more and more useful since the beginning of human history thanks to mathematical discoveries, using concepts of astrology, aerodynamics, computer science, etc. We still continue to fit together the complex puzzle pieces of math, or as many call it, "the language of the universe".
http://news.yahoo.com/mathematician-claims-proof-connection-between-prime-numbers-131737044.html

Once In a Blue Moon

The moon; that pearly orb in our night sky which is about as familiar as anything gets. It's common yet notable presence has influenced culture since the beginning of human history. The moon has proven itself to be an object of attraction; through art, religion, even the calendar we coordinate our daily lives on. The waxing and waning cycle of the moon spans the length of one month. Keeping pace with the moon seems like a good way to keep track of things. The presence of the always-changing moon has become a very ordinary phenomenon. However every so often there is a rare happening in our familiar skies. This past August, Friday the 31st, we had a Blue Moon. The name of this event isn't exactly literal. It means that two full moons occur in the same month. This might not be as exciting as the moon changing color (which will only happen during a massive volcanic explosion or after an atmosphere altering bomb has gone off), but a Blue Moon will only happen every few years. Many things you can witness on the planet are dependent on the moon's cycle. For example the tides in water, and even animal behavior. This being said, a change in the moon's natural cycle could imply an odd occurrence among the rest of nature. Or more likely a scheduling fault in the human calendar. Either way, displaced events like this don't happen often. The next Blue Moon is predicted to be on July 2nd of 2015, so remember to take a good look at the sky that night!